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If we are going to make improvements in our change efforts, we have to really know the tools we are using to create change, understand how they are supposed to work, honestly assess how well they are actually working, and then identify the adaptations we can make to improve the chances for change. Yep. That's …
It's got to be said: trying to make change can also provoke disagreement, controversy, or even conflict. For this reason, change makers need a bit of courage and some tolerance for disagreement. We only need "a bit" and "some" as we come to realize that disagreement is part of the change process. Disagreement can even …
Whether you're a fan of "best practices" or not, you are going to love the idea of "Better Practices." Really! Why? Because Better Practices are ideas, strategies, and actions that emerge as a result of the Meaningful Participation and co-creation of members of the community (organization, system). The seventh video and lesson in the Getting Started …
One of the ways we can assure Meaningful Participation by the Whole Community is to make sure those most affected by the change have a role in decision-making, especially on those decisions that most directly impact them. This is what is meant by the phrase, "it's not about us without us." Inclusive Decision-making focuses on …
Collaborative Leadership and Partnership is a pathway to ensuring Meaningful Participation by the Whole Community. Collaboration and partnership are still necessary even in times when it is easy to be divided. No, wait, ESPECIALLY at times when we are divided. We are always able to do more together than individually...when we put our minds to …
What does it mean to participate in community change? Show up to a meeting? Comply with a change agenda proposed by "the experts?" Go along to get along? Meaningful Participation is so much more than these. This week we feature a very brief description of what is meant by Meaningful Participation in the Tenacious Change …
Community Understanding only just begins with a needs assessment. This week we feature a snippet on "Community Understanding." Each week, until we launch the full Getting Started with the Tenacious Change Approach streaming video course in September, we are featuring a brief video on one of the ten essential operating principles of the Tenacious Change …
On September 1, 2022, Tenacious Change will launch a new interactive streaming video course, Getting Started with the Tenacious Change Approach. Today a 20-minute “sneak preview” video is being launched, besides the 30-second intro video you see here. https://youtu.be/DZRZHYEw95s Closed Captioning available. Just click on "CC" logo when video plays. To learn more about the …
Words have often come easily for me…whether I’m writing or speaking. Today the words are not flowing. Perhaps that is because there really are no words. On May 14th a teenager walked into a grocery store in Buffalo, New York and started shooting. Thirteen people were shot with a high-powered military style weapon. Ten people …
Tenacious Change is so excited to officially announce the launch of the Community Change Experience being held in Delray Beach, Florida, October 24-27 2022. This unique gathering is being hosted in partnership by EJS Project, Palm Health Foundation, Tamarack Institute, and Tenacious Change. The Core Planning Group from these organizations was convened in late 2019 …
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